Pendergast

The Beginning

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story—a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case.

It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers to crumble around him. First, he lost his partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work at the New Orleans Field Office, Chambers is dismayed to find himself saddled with mentoring a brand new FBI agent—a certain A. X. L. Pendergast. As Chambers tries to pull himself together, his enigmatic and exasperating junior partner pulls an outrageous stunt that gets both of them suspended.

Pendergast welcomes the banishment, because it gives him the opportunity to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi that has captured his fancy. Chambers grudgingly goes along. What starts off as a whimsical quest swiftly turns into a terrifying pursuit, as Chambers and Pendergast uncover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known serial killer profile.

Thanks in large part to Pendergast’s brilliance and unorthodox methods, they solve the case and find the killer… and that is when the true horror begins.

Excellent introduction to Agent Pendergast

Excellent introduction to Agent Pendergast and Proctor. The only thing that would have been better…if it was longer! Now, I want to go re-listen to the whole series.

thr details which they always add to give the story depth

love the way the story flowed and the background of Pendergast including the introduction of Proctor.

Narrator was superb though story a little tough long

Typical Pendergast take- fun, interesting twists and turns, one more extreme than the next. Some parts were pretty disgusting honestly but it’s just part of the ride. Could have been a bit shorter and that would have made it more entertaining.

Back on track!

More of what I have loved and less of what I haven’t in the previous installments.

It was a great listen

I always wondered how he got started. this is one of the best ones.